Recaps

Song Yutang intervened when Zhao Cuifeng’s daughter and the Li family withheld help during her medical emergency, then took her to the hospital. Zhao Cuifeng was left critically ill as Zhao Qiqi discovered Song Yutang also called her mother.

• Zhao Qiqi demanded thirty million and property from Zhao Cuifeng, while Li Zifeng and his mother kept her from getting help as she suffered a medical crisis.
• Song Yutang slapped Li Zifeng’s mother, Li Zifeng’s eldest sister, the other sisters, and Zhao Qiqi before supporting Zhao Cuifeng.
• Song Yutang called an ambulance and summoned the restaurant manager, whose staff helped stop the Li family from obstructing them.
• As Zhao Cuifeng was taken to the ambulance, Song Yutang called her “Mom,” prompting Zhao Qiqi to demand an explanation.
• Zhao Qiqi pounded on the ambulance window, but the staff pulled her away and the ambulance sped to the hospital while Zhao Cuifeng’s condition worsened.

Song Yutang comforted Zhao Cuifeng after she collapsed, then told her how Song Jianye had driven Song Yutang and her mother into poverty and threatened them. The chapter ended as Song Yutang recounted how stray dogs attacked her as a child.

• Song Yutang urged Zhao Cuifeng to hold on by reminding her of the people who depended on her and the trips they could take together.
• At the hospital, doctors treated Zhao Cuifeng for angina caused by emotional agitation, and Song Yutang stayed to care for her.
• Zhao Cuifeng lamented her family troubles, including Zhao Qiqi's affair with Li Zifeng and the Li family's attempt to take over her company.
• Song Yutang brought Zhao Cuifeng wontons and fruit, and Zhao Cuifeng teased her for trying to curry favor.
• Song Yutang described how Song Jianye blacklisted her mother, threatened them, and how stray dogs attacked Song Yutang after school.

Song Yutang told Zhao Cuifeng how Song Jianye and Sun Meifang had ruined her mother’s life and explained why she admired Zhao. She helped Zhao face her guilt over Zhao Qiqi, then left after making clear she had helped out of gratitude, not to get closer to her.

• Song Yutang recounted how Song Jianye had abandoned and abused her, and how his family had helped drive her mother into poverty and social isolation.
• Song Yutang told Zhao Cuifeng that her mother had admired Zhao and would have chosen Zhao’s life, prompting Zhao to grieve over her own failures as a mother.
• Song Yutang explained that Zhao Qiqi’s indulgence and dependence on Zhao made her vulnerable to Li Zifeng and his family.
• Zhao Cuifeng admitted she had given in to Qiqi’s demands and feared the Li family would exploit her assets and leave Qiqi worse off.
• Zhao Cuifeng said she could never give up on Qiqi, then asked Song Yutang for advice about saving her.
• Song Yutang denied trying to get closer to Zhao, said she was repaying Zhao’s kindness, and left the hospital room.

Song Yutang comforted Zhao Cuifeng in the hospital and built a connection with her by speaking frankly about family, hardship, and charity. Zhao Cuifeng recognized Song Yutang’s intentions and invited her to become her goddaughter.

• Song Yutang offered to arrange company or a private hospital room for Zhao Cuifeng, then bluntly agreed that Zhao had failed as a mother.
• Song Yutang explained why she respected Zhao Cuifeng’s achievements while resenting Old Master Jiang’s treatment of her.
• Zhao Cuifeng recalled the people who had helped her and said she wanted to repay society through charity.
• Song Yutang proposed removing Wu Caixia from the Jiang Clan Charitable Foundation, and Zhao Cuifeng warned that Wu’s position depended on her husband, Jiang Qingyu.
• Song Yutang suggested that a mother’s standing through her son was more secure than a wife’s standing through her husband.
• When Song Yutang prepared to leave, Zhao Cuifeng reminded her that she had called her Mom and asked if she wanted to be her goddaughter.

Song Yutang advised Zhao Cuifeng to stop shielding Qiqi from the truth and let her face the consequences of her choices. Meanwhile, Jiang Muyan joked with Eldest Young Master Gu over the phone, who arranged to meet him at the Lan Residence the next night, then hinted that a problem had come up.

• Song Yutang explained that Zhao Cuifeng’s protection had left Qiqi unable to understand her biological father’s cruelty and advised Zhao to accept responsibility for how she raised her daughter.
• Zhao Cuifeng reflected on Song Yutang’s advice and considered letting Qiqi experience the harshness of the world.
• Eldest Young Master Gu teased Jiang Muyan about his devotion to his wife and joked about finding her another husband.
• Jiang Muyan and Eldest Young Master Gu agreed to meet at the Lan Residence after nine the following night to sing and unwind.
• Eldest Young Master Gu said there was one problem, but had not yet explained what it was.

Jiang Muyan prepared for Song Yutang’s meeting with Top Star Brother by pretending to be in a vegetative state and hoping she would focus on him. Song Yutang instead spent the evening carefully grooming herself for their meeting, while Jiang Muyan lay beside her, jealous and unnoticed.

• Eldest Young Master Gu pointed out that Jiang Muyan had to get Song Yutang out of the way while maintaining his vegetative-state act, and Jiang Muyan messaged her as Top Star Brother to arrange a meeting at Lan Residence.
• Jiang Muyan prepared for Song Yutang’s ovulation window with rose-scented toiletries and perfume, then paid Doctor Fang to claim he could do nothing because he was in a vegetative state.
• Song Yutang received Top Star Brother’s invitation and grew nervous and excited about finally meeting him.
• Song Yutang carefully treated her hair and skin to make a good impression on Top Star Brother, while Jiang Muyan watched from bed and grew increasingly jealous.
• Song Yutang went to sleep without noticing Jiang Muyan’s exposed chest, thinking she needed to rest before meeting Top Star Brother.

Jiang Muyan grew jealous as Song Yutang eagerly prepared to meet Top Star Brother, unaware that the man was his own alternate account. At the meeting place, Song Yutang arrived first and recognized Top Star Brother when he came out to greet an important guest.

• Jiang Muyan lay awake beside Song Yutang, resenting Jiang Qingyu and Jiang Sichen for keeping him bedridden and feeling jealous of Top Star Brother.
• Song Yutang arranged for Li Xiulan to visit President Zhao, then spent the day on beauty treatments, yoga, and shopping for gifts.
• Song Yutang carefully dressed and chose a subtle perfume for her meeting, while Jiang Muyan resolved to make her understand that she was married.
• With Doctor Fang's cover, Jiang Muyan and Song Yutang left separately, and Song Yutang arrived first at the private room arranged by Eldest Young Master Gu.
• Song Yutang went into the corridor to look for a restroom, saw a powerful-looking man arrive, and recognized Top Star Brother when he emerged from a room.

Song Yutang misread Top Star Brother’s affectionate reunion with a man as proof that he had a boyfriend, then got lost outside and was harassed by drunk rich young men. Jiang Muyan stepped in to protect her, leaving the confrontation with the group unresolved.

• A man embraced Top Star Brother and teased him about finding another big brother, while Song Yutang overheard them from the corridor.
• Song Yutang concluded that Top Star Brother was attracted to men and wondered whether he and Jiang Muyan had a relationship, then returned to her private room.
• Feeling restless, Song Yutang left the Lan Residence to get some air and became lost on the grounds.
• Several drunk young men surrounded Song Yutang, insulted her, and tried to touch her.
• Song Yutang slapped the young man who tried to grab her, and Jiang Muyan appeared, broke the man’s wrist, moved her behind him, and told her not to be afraid.

Jiang Muyan tried to protect Song Yutang from the rich young men and their bodyguards, but Song Yutang revealed her own formidable fighting skills and fought beside him. After they defeated the first wave, another crowd of attackers arrived, leaving them surrounded again.

• Jiang Muyan swiftly defeated the rich young men who attacked him and Song Yutang.
• Seeing the bodyguards rush toward them, Jiang Muyan shielded Song Yutang and told her to run if they were overwhelmed.
• When a bodyguard attacked Song Yutang, she disarmed him, struck back with his electric baton, and joined Jiang Muyan in the fight.
• Song Yutang and Jiang Muyan beat more than a dozen bodyguards, with Song Yutang removing her high heels to fight more freely.
• A new group of twenty or thirty men arrived, led by the injured rich young man, who threatened Song Yutang and Jiang Muyan.

Song Yutang and Jiang Muyan fled after fighting off men who harassed her, and he carried her out of the villa grounds and bought supplies for her injured feet. Song Yutang misunderstood Jiang Muyan's words as a hint about his sexuality, while her thoughts about how close they were made him jealous and he stopped treating her wounds.

• Jiang Muyan and Song Yutang ran from the men after she struck them between the legs with her club.
• Jiang Muyan carried the barefoot, injured Song Yutang out of the landscaped grounds and bought her slippers and first-aid supplies.
• Jiang Muyan crouched to treat Song Yutang's feet, but she hesitated and told the pharmacy assistant that he was not her husband.
• Jiang Muyan heard Song Yutang think he was different from other men and that he could touch her feet, then grew jealous and told her to treat the wounds herself.

Jiang Muyan tried to explain why he wanted boundaries in his friendship with Song Yutang, but her thoughts repeatedly turned his explanations into increasingly bizarre misunderstandings. He finally clarified that he was a straight man and his affectionate male friend was engaged, leaving Song Yutang unsure whether to believe him.

• Jiang Muyan told Song Yutang that they should keep sensible boundaries despite being close friends, and she assumed he was protecting his boyfriend from jealousy.
• Song Yutang mistakenly concluded Jiang Muyan wanted to be her sister and believed he was attracted to men.
• Jiang Muyan explained that the man she had seen was his longtime friend, whose younger brother he had helped in college, but Song Yutang imagined their relationship had become romantic.
• Jiang Muyan clarified that he and his friend were both straight, that his friend had a fiancée, and that his overly affectionate behavior had prompted the warning about boundaries.
• Song Yutang listened to Jiang Muyan's explanation and asked uncertainly whether that was really the case.

Jiang Muyan reassured Song Yutang that they were good friends, accepted her luxury watch, and helped her walk after she injured her feet. When she yearned to try crayfish, he brought her into a restaurant for a late-night meal.

• Jiang Muyan explained that his friend’s careless words had caused a misunderstanding and promised Song Yutang she could always rely on him.
• Jiang Muyan cleaned Song Yutang’s wound and put a slipper on her foot, while she gave him an expensive watch as thanks.
• Jiang Muyan decided to stop trying to force distance between them, then supported Song Yutang as they walked toward the intersection.
• Song Yutang smelled garlic crayfish and thought about how she had never tasted it, so Jiang Muyan took her into the restaurant for a late-night snack.

Jiang Muyan took Song Yutang out for crayfish, touched by how little she had experienced, and promised to help her with the Song Family. The meal was interrupted by Eldest Young Master Gu, who agreed to look out for her and asked them to visit him.

• Jiang Muyan ordered an extravagant spread of crayfish and other dishes after bringing Song Yutang to an upscale restaurant.
• Song Yutang eagerly watched the food arrive and admitted she had never tried crayfish before, prompting Jiang Muyan to promise he would help her with the Song Family.
• Jiang Muyan gave Song Yutang gloves and peeled crayfish for her while pretending his allergy prevented him from eating.
• Song Yutang suggested they pack up so Jiang Muyan could return to his waiting friend, but he told her Eldest Young Master Gu was enjoying himself alone.
• Eldest Young Master Gu called, teased Jiang Muyan for putting romance before friendship, then agreed to look out for Song Yutang and asked her to visit him.

Jiang Muyan treated Song Yutang to crayfish and skewers, then arranged to take the leftovers home for her husband, Jiang Muyan. After they walked together through the lively streets, Song Yutang reflected on her past heartbreak and felt an unwanted closeness to Jiang Muyan.

• Jiang Muyan told Song Yutang that his older brother would help her if she needed anything, and she felt grateful for his protection.
• Jiang Muyan ordered a large platter of skewers and persuaded Song Yutang to take the leftovers home for her husband, Jiang Muyan.
• A neighboring couple mistook Song Yutang and Jiang Muyan for lovers, but Jiang Muyan calmly continued peeling crayfish for her.
• After dinner, Jiang Muyan slowed his pace so Song Yutang could walk off her full stomach.
• Song Yutang remembered how a man had betrayed her in the past and swallowed the feelings she was beginning to develop for Jiang Muyan.

Jiang Muyan pretended to be drunk and faked an alcohol allergy to keep Song Yutang from returning to the Lan Residence. After Song Yutang brought him barbecue and privately considered Brother Yan as a possible future father for her child, Jiang Muyan resolved to wake up as soon as he could, while Song Yutang reaffirmed her loyalty to the Jiang Family; then her phone rang with an unexpected caller.

• Jiang Muyan asked Song Yutang to wait in the private room, then had Zhao Chuan delete nearby surveillance footage before going home with Doctor Fang.
• Jiang Muyan called Song Yutang pretending to be drunk, and the manager told her he had gone to the hospital with a mild alcohol allergy.
• Song Yutang brought leftover barbecue home for Jiang Muyan and privately began thinking Brother Yan might be a suitable candidate if Jiang Muyan could not father a child.
• Jiang Muyan overheard Song Yutang's thoughts and decided he needed to wake up before her attraction to Brother Yan grew further.
• Song Yutang resolved to remain loyal to the Jiang Family, then received a call from an unexpected person.

Song Yutang refused Cheng Yun’s invitation to a high school reunion because she suspected he was plotting against her, and Jiang Muyan ordered Zhao Chuan to watch him closely. Zhao Chuan then revealed that the Li Zerui Jiang Muyan had asked him to investigate might be the crown prince in a wuxia drama, played by a once-popular idol.

• Cheng Yun invited Song Yutang to a reunion and tried to persuade her by recalling her old schoolmates’ kindness.
• Song Yutang declined the invitation but offered to cover the reunion costs, while agreeing to meet Cheng Yun another time.
• Jiang Muyan suspected Cheng Yun was using a genuine reunion as cover for an attack and told Zhao Chuan to keep watch on him.
• Zhao Chuan sent Jiang Muyan a video of a crown prince named Li Zerui, whom Jiang mistook for the actor playing the role.
• Zhao Chuan explained that the crown prince was Li Zerui and suggested Song Yutang might be referring to the actor as a former schoolgirl crush.

Song Yutang tested her new assistant, Dong Ying, while building her own circle of trusted aides, and rewarded Jiang Boyan for winning first place in a competition. The chapter ended when Butler Wang announced that Ji Chengyu had arrived to take the eldest young lady and Miss Tuantuan back.

• Jiang Muyan asked Zhao Chuan to keep investigating who Li Zerui was after Zhao Chuan admitted the character was unlikely to attract fans.
• Dong Ying offered to help Song Yutang investigate Mr. Ji, and Song Yutang told her that trust would depend on results and that capable work would be rewarded.
• Jiang Boyan told Song Yutang he had won first place in a competition, and she arranged to buy him a drone and increase his allowance with conditions tied to his grades.
• Butler Wang told Song Yutang that Ji Chengyu had arrived to take the eldest young lady and Miss Tuantuan back.

Song Yutang and Jiang Zhixia discussed Ji Chengyu’s arrival, while Tuantuan revealed how frightened she was of returning to him and recounted the abuse Jiang Zhixia suffered at her in-laws’ home. Jiang Zhixia remained determined to divorce, and Song Yutang reassured mother and daughter that they could stay with her family.

• Song Yutang ordered the household bodyguards to throw Ji Chengyu out and break one of his hands if he came to take Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan home.
• Jiang Zhixia told Song Yutang she had decided to divorce Ji Chengyu and wanted to explain it to him face-to-face.
• Song Yutang asked Tuantuan whether she wanted to go home with her father, and Tuantuan pleaded not to be sent away.
• Tuantuan said she would go with Ji Chengyu if needed but feared he would hurt Jiang Zhixia again and make her bleed.
• Song Yutang promised that Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan could stay with her family, and Tuantuan described how Ji Chengyu’s sister had mistreated Jiang Zhixia while Ji Chengyu blamed her.

Jiang Zhixia decided to divorce Ji Chengyu after Tuantuan recalled how he had dismissed the abuse she suffered. As Ji Chengyu arrived at the Jiang estate expecting to take them home, the household staff marched out to confront him.

• Song Yutang comforted Tuantuan, and Tuantuan described how Ji Chengyu had blamed her after Guangguang and Eldest Auntie hurt her.
• Jiang Zhixia declared she would divorce Ji Chengyu and promised Tuantuan they would no longer put up with him.
• Song Yutang called on Captain Liao, Maid Sun, Master Ding, Auntie Wen, and Butler Wang, who armed themselves and marched toward the gate.
• Jiang Zhixia asked Song Yutang why the staff were so loyal, and Song Yutang explained that she had promoted and rewarded them.
• Ji Chengyu arrived with lilies and a Barbie princess gift, assuming Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan would eagerly forgive him and return home.
• Seeing Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan surrounded by the staff, Ji Chengyu mistakenly thought they were being thrown out and hurried forward to greet them.

Ji Chengyu came to retrieve Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan, but Song Yutang and the household staff beat him after learning he had abused them. Jiang Zhixia refused to reconcile despite his claims that he had sent Lin Lu and Guangguang abroad, and Ji Chengyu ended by blaming her for being cruel to them.

• Maid Sun, Master Ding, Auntie Wen, Captain Liao, and the others attacked Ji Chengyu, while Song Yutang told Jiang Zhixia to let others stand up for her.
• Jiang Zhixia told Ji Chengyu she wanted a divorce and custody of Tuantuan, and she said he had only realized he could not win rather than that he was wrong.
• Ji Chengyu claimed he had sent Lin Lu and Guangguang abroad and promised to focus on Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan, but Jiang Zhixia recalled how he had repeatedly put them last.
• Tuantuan rejected Ji Chengyu's Barbie gift and described how Guangguang had destroyed her doll and Ji Chengyu had punished her for it.
• Jiang Zhixia refused to return with Ji Chengyu, who shifted from pleading to anger and accused her of trying to make Lin Lu and Guangguang suffer.

Jiang Zhixia rejected Ji Chengyu’s insincere apology, exposed his repeated betrayals through Tuantuan’s words, and demanded a divorce before beating him and walking away. Ji Chengyu chased after her in panic, but the Jiang Family’s gate closed and shocked him when he tried to push it open.

• Tuantuan called Ji Chengyu a liar, and Jiang Zhixia ordered him to leave as the Jiang Family’s servants and bodyguards threatened to remove him.
• Song Yutang and Butler Wang confronted Ji Chengyu, while Captain Liao warned him that his actions could lead to legal trouble.
• Tuantuan explained that Jiang Zhixia had bought lilies because Ji Chengyu liked them and rejected his gifts, recalling how he had favored Lin Lu and Guangguang and hurt her.
• Jiang Zhixia demanded a divorce, kicked Ji Chengyu, and beat him with a rolling pin before warning him never to approach her and Tuantuan again.
• Jiang Zhixia walked back inside, and Ji Chengyu chased after her, only for the gate to close and shock him with an electric current.

Jiang Zhixia remained determined to divorce Ji Chengyu despite his repeated attempts to win her back, but she struggled with sympathy when she saw him standing in the rain. Song Yutang reassured her that she could remain kind while learning to protect herself, and Jiang Zhixia decided to have the gatekeeper give Ji Chengyu an umbrella.

• Ji Chengyu left after the gatekeeper warned him away, determined to find a way to make Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan change their minds.
• Jiang Zhixia told Song Yutang that Ji Chengyu had knowingly ignored their suffering and reaffirmed that she wanted a divorce.
• Ji Chengyu repeatedly appeared outside the Jiang Family's gate with gifts and apologies, but Jiang Zhixia blocked his calls and messages.
• Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan saw Ji Chengyu standing in a storm, but both said they did not want to return to him.
• Jiang Zhixia admitted that she still felt sorry for Ji Chengyu, and Song Yutang encouraged her to keep her kind heart while protecting herself.
• Jiang Zhixia asked whether the gatekeeper could give Ji Chengyu an umbrella so he would stop pestering them.

Song Yutang and Jiang Muyan examined Ji Chengyu’s finances and discovered that he had structured his marriage to leave Jiang Zhixia with no assets and potentially 60 million yuan in debt. They also learned that he had given Lin Lu and her son extensive financial support, though a paternity test showed Guangguang was Ji Chengyuan’s son, not Ji Chengyu’s.

• Jiang Muyan received records showing Ji Chengyu had arranged for Jiang Zhixia to waive claims to property and take on half of a 120-million-yuan marital debt.
• Song Yutang found that Ji Chengyu’s salary was listed as 10 yuan a year, their home belonged to his parents, and jewelry and clothes bought during the marriage were registered to Lin Lu.
• Song Yutang discovered that Ji Chengyu had bought numerous properties for Lin Lu and sent her one million yuan monthly, with his spending on her exceeding 200 million yuan over six years.
• Song Yutang noticed the payments began while Ji Chengyuan was still alive, and she and Jiang Muyan found a paternity test confirming Guangguang was Ji Chengyuan and Lin Lu’s son.
• Song Yutang concluded that Ji Chengyu had carefully protected his own assets while leaving Jiang Zhixia with nothing and burdening her with debt, and Jiang Muyan focused on protecting Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan.

Song Yutang found hope in Jiang Muyan’s legal strategies for challenging Zhixia’s agreements, debt, and Ji Chengyu’s asset transfers, then gathered more evidence while keeping the truth from Zhixia and her in-laws. As she cared for Jiang Muyan that night, she kept thinking admiringly about Top Star Brother, leaving her husband silently jealous.

• Jiang Muyan explained how Zhixia could challenge the signed agreements, dispute Ji Chengyu’s debt, and seek recovery of his gifts to Lin Lu, then offered to arrange a team of divorce lawyers.
• Song Yutang thanked Jiang Muyan for helping her find a way forward, and they agreed that lawyers would need to assess the case.
• Song Yutang reviewed Butler Wang’s investigation and learned it matched the findings Top Star Brother had uncovered about Ji Chengyu.
• Song Yutang kept the revelations from Zhixia and her parents-in-law, worked late, and returned to her bedroom exhausted.
• While feeding Jiang Muyan his medicine and settling into bed, Song Yutang privately thought about Top Star Brother’s lips, scent, and reliability, while Jiang Muyan grew jealous.

Jiang Muyan arranged divorce lawyers and jewelry for Song Yutang to win her favor, while Song Yutang helped Jiang Zhixia confront the financial agreements and property Ji Chengyu had concealed. The chapter left Jiang Zhixia realizing that jewelry and gifts she believed were hers and Tuantuan’s had been registered under Lin Lu’s name.

• Jiang Muyan called Zhao Chuan to have divorce lawyers contact Song Yutang and arrange bids on jewelry suited to his wife.
• Song Yutang received advice from several lawyers and learned that the Gu Family would support her divorce case.
• Song Yutang found Jiang Zhixia watching Ji Chengyu outside the gate, and Jiang Zhixia admitted she still pitied him but insisted she would divorce him.
• Song Yutang showed Jiang Zhixia the prenuptial agreement, marital property agreement, and records of Ji Chengyu’s ten-yuan annual salary.
• Jiang Zhixia explained that Ji Chengyu had presented jewelry and gifts as compensation, then learned that ownership of the items—including gifts for Tuantuan—was registered under Lin Lu’s name.